Hi, I heard a lot of commotion from my chicken coup this morning so I rushed down there to find my silver laced Wyandotte dead on the ground against a side fence!! There was one Isa Brown outside with her. The other chickens, 1 other Isa Brown, an Australorp, a gold laced Wyandotte were inside the coup hiding. At first I thought it was a fox attack but I couldn’t find a point of entry and now I’m thinking that it might have been a fight. The Isa Brown who was outside with her has been making a strange soft growling sound. The silver laced Wyandotte used to pick on the Isa Brown. Is it possible that the Isa Brown could retaliate like this?? It’s all very disturbing and if anyone could give me an answer I would really appreciate it.

Did you look for injuries? Broken neck? Blood somewhere?Chickens don't kill each other as a general rule and the pecking order does not change easily. Unfortunate accidents can happen of course, but an attack from the outside and panic seems more likely.

Hi,I'm just wondering could it have been a snake. The reason I say this is that I hear my chooks manking that sound when they hear or see a snake until the snake has gone away. I lost a rooster like that quite a few years ago. I wonder whether he tried to attack the snake even through the wire. It was just a suggestion. I've had females fight pretty nasty but they always back off - never killed each other and mine are quite large birds

I was only offering a personal suggestion and I don't remember reading Mandadeb mentioning that it had rigor mortis only that there was blood. I didn't say that I had the answer.

Until recently I haven't been onto this site for a long time and now I know why. I was grateful when you personally replied to my question about how breeders feed their chooks before showing because nobody else has. I thought it was great that you did because you said you showed as an amateur. Whether we are experienced or amateurs or even moderators on this site I thought this was meant to be a forum for people helping each other and giving guidance from experience if we have any. In future if I have any advice or suggestions I will do it as a prvate message.

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